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Old Jul 23, 2003 | 08:40 PM
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Lately my brakes have been messing up. Seems as if the power brakes are going out sometimes. There is a numatic hissing noise when i apply the brakes everytime. I think that its the brake booster, does anyone have any ideas to what this could be? should i not drive my car until its fixed? Thanks for your help..... :cheers: :cool:
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Old Jul 23, 2003 | 09:08 PM
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Lately my brakes have been messing up. Seems as if the power brakes are going out sometimes. There is a numatic hissing noise when i apply the brakes everytime. I think that its the brake booster, does anyone have any ideas to what this could be? should i not drive my car until its fixed? Thanks for your help..... :cheers: :cool:

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Old Jul 23, 2003 | 09:17 PM
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That sounds like the booster; if it goes completely the brakes will still function but you will realy have to stand on em.
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Old Jul 23, 2003 | 09:22 PM
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Hard pedal = booster
Spongy pedal = anything else! Start with bleeding the calipers.
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Old Jul 23, 2003 | 11:09 PM
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That sounds like the booster; if it goes completely the brakes will still function but you will realy have to stand on em.
I agree.
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Old Jul 23, 2003 | 11:11 PM
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Way to funny dude......
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Old Jul 24, 2003 | 12:20 PM
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Way to funny dude......
:iagree:
I drove around with a bad booster for 5 months, just got a little more exercise when using the brakes ;)

From the symptoms you described, sounds like a bad booster, but check the hose from the booster to the manifold, maybe it came loose. :cheers:
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